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WEEKLY
Volume XVI. Numler 30.
"Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 29, 1949.
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17oni:n'sC!u'i Flans
Various Projects
AtLastf.leeting
Group to Query ' Town
Board on Water Con
ditions Here
For the opening: of the business
(meeting of the Perquimans Business
and Professional Women's Club last
Tuesday night in' the Agriculture
Building, Mrs. Alice M. Towe, Presi
dent, read the following: ''Whatever
you do, you need courage. Whatever
Course you decide upon, there is al
ways someone to tell you you are
wrong. There are always many dif
ficulties arising which tempt you to
believe that your critics art right It
requires courage to map out your
course of action and follow it to the
end."
The members voted to change the
regular dinner-program meetings
from Friday night to the Fourth
-. Tuesday night in each month begin-
- ning with the September meeting, to
: be held at Hotel Hertford at 6:30.
- Members are being asked to secure
a ticket on each Monday preceeding
the Tuesday night meeting 'in order
to eliminate misunderstandings that
' have been encountered heretofore.
Hulda Wood, RN, Public Affairs
v. Chairman, reported that Mayor Dar
. - den informed her the Street Mark
f 'era, requested by the club sometime
' ago, were being made. She gave a
' report on the Red Cross meeting,
which had been held for the purpose
' of establishing a Blood Bank for
this district" The members, with Miss
Wood, will meet with the Town
Board to discuss the' present water
- supply conditions and also to make
recommendations for the blind comer
V on Church and Grubb Streets caused
by Busses unloading passengers in
.f front of the Bus Station on Church
Struct . ,'..
t Miss Audrey Umphlett, Health and
Safety Chairman, aiscussed the tp
vl Two new members were accepted.
Mrs. Allie E, (F. T.) Johnson, Auto
License Examiner, and Mrs. Nina B.
, (Emory White, Home Demonstration
. Agent.
I" The Club plans to work toward a
' Public Ladies Lounge. '
The (Club will sponsor "Benefit
Dance" to be held on Wednesday
night, August 10, at fiarveys Point
i Base Gym beginning t 9 o'clock.
Committees named are" as follows:
' General Arrangements, Mrs. Gladyce
Perry arid Miss Elisabeth Fowler;
Tickets, Miss Mary; Inez Chappell.
Chairman; Refreshments, Mrs. Rox
ana C. Jackson and Mrs. Eleanor S.
Wilder; Property, Mrs. Ethel L. Perry
and Sally J. Bonner. Music will be
furnished with your favorite orches
tra on records. Various members of
the Club will make up the Hospitality
Committee.
The President and Mrs. Dora T.
Riddick, Pr ogram Co-ordination
. Chairman, have been invited to attend
1 a Summer Board Meeting, and Lead
ership Conference to " oe flora , at
Chapel Hill, 'August 6 and 7.
f Mrs. Towe has been appointed Dis
trict Contact Chairman of the Health
and Safety Committee of the North
Carolina Federation of Business and
"Professional Women's Clubs accord
ing to Miss Mildred Dozier of Rocky
Mount, Eighth District Director. Nine
fclnfes make up the Eighth District and
are: Ahoskie, Edenton, Elizabeth City,
Nashville, Roanoke Rapids,. Rocky
: Mount, ' Perquimans, Tarboro a n d
Washington. - , , , . 1
Perry Funeral Held
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services tor Un. Narcis
sus Brinn Perry; 69, who died last ,
Thursday evening at 9:80 o'clock were
conducted Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock at the Bethlehem Christian
Church. Interment was in Cedarwood
Cemetery. 1
Mrs. Perry wass' the- daughter ,of
the late John W. and Judy Ann Brinn
and the widow of the late Reuben A
Perry. She ws'a member . of ; the
Bethlehem Church.", - v -' ;
Surviving are five daughters, Mr.
Hilda Hobfis and Mrs. Peanie Sutton
of Elizabeth City. Route 8, Mrs. Wal
ter Stallings, of Richmond, Mrs. Les
.! ttvana. Hertford. Mrs. Ruth Haia-
lip, Halington; four Bona. John Perry
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nwnd, Murray Perry Norfolk and
Joshua Perry of .Sunibury; one stejj
daughter,, Mr...Laura Curtis of Hert
ford; two sisters, Mrs. C. V. Raby of
Norfolk and Mrs. E. B. Byrura of Sufr
folk, one step son, Oec&r Perry . of
rsrtford and,m number -of grand
children and great grandchildren. .
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Group To Meet With
Town Board Monday
Complaints on the present collect
ion of trash and garbage within the
Town of Hertford are expected to 'be
made to members of the Town Board
when that body meets next Monday
night, according to a ' report made
tnis -.newspaper today.
Your reporter was told that a num
ber of residents of Grubb street will
complain that trash and garbage is
now being collected from their homes
only once a week and it is their desire
that this collection be stepped up and
made twice weekly. .This group, plan
ning to go before the Town Board
with the complaint urges that other
residents of the Town join them in
the project They ask that any and
all persons, who wish, join them at
the Town office on Monday night at
seven o'clock when the complaint will
be made to the Town Board.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
$1.50 Per Year.
Ilortford Indians
DiM Losing Streak
BeatingVindsor
Three Home Games' oh
Tap For Indians This
Week-end
The. Hertford Indians, beset with
some injuries , and a hitting slump,
broke a three game losing streak
when they trounced the Windsor Reb
els Tuesday night by a score of 10-7.
The Indians displayed plenty of pep
and go in chalking up the victory,
staging a six run rally in ,the seventh
inning.' Max Eller went the route as
ter, It was announced bv tho Din.
trict Health Office. Heretofore, only
two hours service monthly has been
pitcher for the Indians while Wind- pfvWed and thi3 was for milk ana-
Itolth Department
Plans Additional
Services This Year
Present Laboratory
Work to Be Extended
For District Use
The annual budget recently approv
ed by gie District Board of Health
provides for the employment of the
well trained laboratory technician for
full time service at the Health Cen-
it
After a long and angry debate, the
House passed an anti-poll taxx bill
this week, which would outlaw the
poll tax as a requirement for voting
in elections. Washington reports
state it is doubtful if the measure
will pass the Senate. Meanwhile, in
Washington, Congressional GOP lead
era are shaping a battle to reduce ex
penditures for the armed forces dur
ing the current fiscal year, thereby
making possibly further reduction in
the budget President Truman it is re
ported opposes any cut for the year.
North Carolina veterans received
more than $93,000,000 from the "52
20 Club and self employment pro
gram, which ended this week, accord
Ing to Harry E. Kendall, choirman
of the State Employment Security
Commission. Kendall reported that
some 135,500 veterans in the state
received aid through these programs
during the past four years.
M : K
industrial production in the United
t dropped in June for the seven
in straight month, reaching a three-
year low, according to a report issued
by the Federal Reserve Board. The
drop in production is expected to con
tinue this month, and take a upturn
possibly in August and September,
following the vacation period.
Flue cured tobacco farmers place
the first'' of this year's crop on the
market this week in Georgia and
Florida and received prices up to $53
per hundred for their tobacco. The
iopening price for tobacco this year
was slightly under that of 1948; how
ever, farmers generally were encour
aged by the sales on the opening day.
A U. S. District Judge, jn Chica-
'national rent control law is unconsti-
national rent control law is unionsti
tutional, and this ruling if upheld by
the Supreme Court will nullify all
present federal control over rents.
The government stated it wiu appeal
the Chicago ruling, in order to place
the problem before the Supreme
Court. "
sor used Blackburn and Corriher on
the mound.
During the past week the Indians
lost four games and won two, but re
tained their standing in the league.
Edenton took a 6-0 thirteen inning
contest a week ago Thursday; .then
on rriday the Indians won a 1-0 de
cision, in 10 innings from Colerain
when Sires slammed out a home run.
"Chubby Bob" Adams pitched the
Edenton game striking out nine Co
lonial batters, giving up six hits and
walking seven. Eller hurled the
Colerain game striking out 12 Cole-
ffain batterS, giving up five hits and
walking one. On Saturday night,
Colerain won a 5-4 decision from
Hertford, counting four runs in the
fourth inning to take a 4-3 lead.
Lynch, Pasdon and Adams saw
mound duty for Hertford in this con
test The Indians lo3t a 13-1 contest
to Windsor on Sunday and a 5-1 de
cision to the Rebels here on Monday
night. Moe Bauer and Bob Adams
conducted a pitcher's duel until Wind
sor scored two runs in the eighth to
sew up the game. The Indians tal
lied once in the first and Windsor
scored twice in the second. Adams
struck out 13 batters gave up 12 hits
and walked six while Bauer struck
out nine, allowed four hits and walk
ed one. . -.4, uf-Mitar
Hertford lost to Plymouth Wed
nesday night 5-2. Lynch, Montsdecao
and Christgeu saw: mound duty for
the Indians while Dempsey went the
route for the Rams. Plymouth col
lected 10 hits and seven walks to
rack up its five runs while the In
dians hiil safely seven , times and
were given two walks. Hertford
scored one run in - the second and
eighth, while Plymouth scored one in
the first, sixth, seventh and two in
Rites For Hendley
Infant Held Monday
Jonathan Stokes Hendley, ' 11-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Hendley. of Durham, died in a Nor
folk hospital last Saturday at 4:30
o'clock after an illness, of two days.
Surviving besides the parents are
three brothers, Alpheus, Steve and
Guy Hendley; the paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. a., m. nenwey
of Greenville, S. C, and the maternal
nandnarents. Mr. and Mrs. w. .
Nwhv ftf Hertford. Funeral services
were conducted Monday at 10 a. nv
from the graveside .in cedarwood
Cemetery in Hertford. t
KearyLane, Named .
To Marine Committee ,
TSt Keary Lane, USMC, of
Hertford, has been named to .the ex
ecutive committee of the First Ma
rine Division Association, , and is
handling publicity for the Marine Di
vision on its forthcoming convention
to be held August '6-8, in New York
City. -
' This reunion, according to an an
nouncement received . here, will be
itated m nart of a program marking
the seventh anniversary of the inva
sion of Guadalcanal by the First Ma
rine Division. - -, V 1 " 1
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT '.
Mr. and "Mrs. Vernon Harreli of
Hertford, Route 3, announce the birth
of a daughter Iinda ' Ann, weight
8 noundff, bom. July 19th. Mrs. Har
reli before her marriage' was - Missi
Lena M. Swyer, of Winf all. .
tne eignxn. was announced todav bv
Games on schedule 'for the coming j Biggers, County School
week will find the Indians playing in
Hertford Thursday night against
Plymouth, Saturday night against
Elizabeth City, and on Sunday after
noon against the Windsor nine.
lysis only. Your health center has
good laboratory that can just as well
be used for full time service for the
four counties m this district and for
near by counties as well. Most of the
laboratory work here has been pro
formed by the state laboratory in
Raleigh. This local service will start
as soon as a trained technician can
be hired. The laboratory work in
Veneral Diseases, Bangs Disease,
Poliomyelitis, Tuberculosis, Malaria,
intestinal Parasites, more frequent
milk analysis, water analysis, throat
cultures, and other services will be
provided. Some additional laboratory
equipment will be needed and funds
are set aside for this purpose also.
J. L. Batts of Morehead City, a
former Naval Lieuenant, will report
for duty this week as a third sani
tarian. Mr. Batts comes to us well
Hreeommended for this position. Mis3
Barbara Alice Bartlett of Camden
will report for duty as a junior steno
grapher clerk on July 25. She will
handle a large part of the correspon
dence ani will assist in records, part
iculary vital statiatics. Vital statis
tic records have not been accurately
keep in the past. It is hoped that a
supervising nurse will soon be located
to coordinate the nursing service
which, with her supervision, will ap
proach the ideal as set by the United
States Public Health Service.
Four New Teachers
Signed To Faculty
Four new teachers have ben sign
ed to contracts and assigned positions
with the faculty of Perquimans Coun
ty schools for the coming year, it
John T.
Superin
PROBABLE CAUSE VERDICT RETURNED IN
CASE INVOLVING THEFT OF SEVEN HOGS
Skipsey-Stephens
Vows Spoken Friday
Miss Alice Elizabeth Stephens and
George Thomas Skipsey, both of
Hertford, were married in a simple
ceremony at the home of the bride
on Church Street, at ten o'clock Fri
day morning July 22. The Rev. D,
L. Fouts, pastor of the Hertford
Methodist Church, performed the
ceremony in the presence of the im
mediate family.
Ihe bnde, who was unattended,
wore a powder blue suit with gray
accessories. Her corsage was a white
orchid.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for a trip to northern
cities and upon their return will be
at home in Hertford.
The bride is the daughter of Cra-
ton G. Stephens and the late Mrs.
Stephens, of Hertford. She is a grad
uate of Elon College and is a mem
ber of .the : facultv of Perquimans
High School. - ,
. The bridegroom, who is a native
of , London..' England, is the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. George Skip
sey, of thatx place. He is a graduate
of, Edinburgh College, Scotland, and
is a structural engineer and contract
or. ' .-
Among those entertaining for the
bride were 1 her two 1 sisters, Mes-
dames William Jones, of Flankjin,
Vk, and Mrs. Grayson Innman, of
Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Martin Towe
who entertained at a cake cutting at
the home of Mrs. Towe on Thursday
night. ,
Revival Services To
Start August 7th
A series of revival services will be
conducted at the Bethlehem Church
beginning Sunday, August 7, and con
tinuing for one week it was announced
toaay. v" -
The Rev. Harold Turner of Ease
Vbeth City will do the preaching at
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tendent.
The grammar school committee in
a meeting last Friday night approVed
the election of Mrs. Zelma H. Dawson
as teacher of the eighth grade at Per
quimans High School, and Miss Pearl
White as teacher of the first grade
at the Central Grammar School. Mrs.
Dawsontwill succeed Mrs. J. W. Ward,
who resigned her position at the close
of the last school term, and Miss
White succeed Mrs. Ruby Winslow,
who tendered her resignation a few
weeks ago.
Mr. Biggers announced the election
of Miss Dorothy Maynard, of Smith
field, N. C, to the faculty as teacher
of public school music. Miss Maynard,
who holds an A certificate in music
is a graduate of East Carolina Teach
ers College and has had. two years
teaching expedience.
R. W. Baugham, a graduate of the
University of North Carolina, class
of 1949, has been elected to fill the
vacancy as teacher of English at Per
quimans High School. Baugham will
succeed Miss Frances Cely, who re
signed this position two weeks ago.
The Superintendent stated that a
complete list of county school teach
ers will be announced within the next
two weeks. As of today ; there remains
one vacancy, that of science teacher
at the high school, yet to be filled.
License Examiner
To Take Vacation
Perquimans County motorists will
be wttioeut .the service Of a license
'examiner during the first two weeks
fci August, it was announced today
by W. ! E. Nelson, State Examiner,
who stated he will be on vacation on
Anguet J 8-4-6 and 4 10408. ; He
hMe<fhitt local motorists desiring
to renew a driver's license during this
period may dq bo by. applying at the
examination stations in . Edenton or
Elisabeth City.' Mr.. Nelson will re-
' Hunt to duty here on August 17.
He also announced that motof
whose last name begin with the -
ters L and M have until December
31, 1949, to. renew,' their present op
eratorN license. 1 . "
TO.USERVE ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Archie ChaDDell. 126
Grubb 'Street. Hertford, will observe
their 25 wedding anniver"vry Sunday,
July 81,. from, 4 to 6 Jock, p. m.
Their friends are 'cordially invited.
Rotary Club To Fete
Local Baseball Club
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club will entertain the players of the
Hertford baseball team, at an outing
to be staged next week, it was an
nounced following a meeting of the
civic club Tuesday. Robert Hollowell
president of the club appointed Her
bert Nixon, Dr. A. B. Bonner and
Max Campbell as a committee to
complete arrangements for the party.
The committee stated that either
a fish fry or steak fry will be iriven
the ball players in appreciation of
the entertainment the ball club has
provided local fans this season. The
date of the event is tentative but it
will be staged some eveninir con
venient for the1 players.
Miss Doris Byrum
Weds Charles White
At Baptist Church
The wedding of Miss Doris Frances
Byrum and Charles Edmond White.
Jr., both of Hertford, took place at
tne Hertford Baptist Church Satur
day, July 23, at ten o'clock in the
morning, with the Rev. C. W. Duling
pastor of the church, officiating.
THe church was decorated with
palms, ferns, white California asters,
Easter lilies and White gladioli, and
lighted with cathedral candles.
Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, presided
at the organ, rendering a program of
nuptial music, with Miss Ruth Tuck
er, contralto, as soloist. The tradi
tional wedding marches were played.
The bride, who was given in mar
iagt( by her (brother, Edward A.
Byrum, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., wore an
ice blue satin dress of ankle length,
with white accessories. She carried a
white prayer book showered with a
white orchid and stephanotis.
Mrs. Wteth Chorey, of Elizabeth
City, was matron of honor and the
bride's only attendant. She wore a
print organdy dress over pink taffeta,
with a matching head-dress. She car
ried a nosegay of mixed .summer
flowers.
Eldon Winslow was best man and
the ushers were Lt. Commander K.
T. Brinn, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Jarvis Ward.
The bride's mother. Mrs. E. A.
Byrum, Sr., wore a navy blue sheer
dress, with black accessories. Her
flowers were a corsage of pink carna
tions. The bridgroom's mother, Mrs.
Charles Edmond White, Sr., wore a
blue linen dress with white accessor
ies, and a corsage of pink carnations.
Immediately after the ceremony the
couple left for a motor trip to the
mountains of Western North Carolina
after which they will be at home
in Hertford.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mrs. E. A. Byrum and the late Mr.
Byrum, of Hertford. For several
years she has held a position in the
office of the Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation.
The bridegroom is the only son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. White, of jRFD 1,
Hertford, and is engaged in farming.
Mrs. Hudson Butler entertained the
bridal party, out-of-town guests and
others at her home on Grubb Street
at a cake cutting immediately after
the rehearsal on Friday night Others
entertaining for the bride included
Mrs. Wirth Chory and Mrs. J. R.
Webb, who entertained at a shower
on Tuesday night; and Mrs. E. A.
Byrum, Jr., Mrs. Hudson Butler and
Mrs. G. L. Whitley, who entertained
at a shower on Thursday night.
Eldon Winslowiand Lt. Commander
Brinn also entertained the bridal
party and a group of friends at a
fish fry at the beach on Friday night.
Defendants Are Bound
Over For Hearing In
Superior Court
Judge Chas. E. Johnson returned a
verdict of probable cause in the cases
against Roy Sutton and Sterling Mil
ler, Negroes, charged with larceny of
seven live hogs from the Hertford
Livestock and Supply Co., an the
night of July 8, after hearing evidence
presented by the State in a prelimi
nary hearing conducted in Recorder's
Court here Tuesday morning. Judge
Johnson ordered the two defendants
bound over for action by the grand
jury at the October term of Superior
Court. Bail for the defendants was
set at five hundred dollars each.
According to testimony given in the
case by Sheriff M. G. Owens, who
conducted the investigation of the
theft of the hogs and Samuel Riddick,
an associate of the G. W. Morgan and
Son firm at Sunbury, the seven hogs
hogs taken from the local concern
was sold at Sunbury and weighed ap
proximately 1200 pounds. A sum of
$247.20 was paid for the hogs by the
Sunbury firm, and a check made out
for the sum was presented as evidence
in the case here Tuesday.
Sheriff Owens testified that he ar
rested Sutton on July 16, following
investigation which pointed Sutton
out as a suspect, and later he ar
rested Miller as being involved, and
wner of a 1940 automobile also iden
tified as being used for transporta
tion in connection with the crime.
Other cases disposed of at, this
week's session of recorder's court in
cluded those of Ralph Fried, who
paid a fine of $10 and costs on a
charge of speeding, and Paul Breed
ing and Zachariah Gibbs, each of
whom was ordered to pay a fine of
$5 and costs on charges of speeding.
A verdict of guilty was returned in
the case charging Robert Lightfoot,
Negro, with assualt with a deadly
weapon. Lightfoot was ordered to pay
a fine of $10 and costs.
W. O. Hunter, changed with reck
less driving and failure to stop at the
scene of an accident was found not
guilty on the first count but guilty
for failure to stop after an accident.
He wa3 ordered to pay a fine of
$25 and costs. An appeal was noted
to superior court and bond set at
$100.
Baptist Camp Being
Held This Week
Chowan Sunday School
Rally Is Postponed
The Chowan Association Sunday
School rally which was to convene
thai fifth Snndav of Julv at the first I
BantiStureh nf Elizabeth Citv. has! Dawson, Martha Lee Tillet, Gale
The RA's, GA's and YWA's of the
Elizabeth City district of the Bap
tist Church are holding their an
nual camp at Chowan College this
week it was announced today. The
division includes 118 Baptist churches
of the Chowan and West Chowan As
sociation. Mrs. I. A. Ward, of Hert
ford, is superintendent of the young
people of the division, and is in charge
of this encampment.
Rev. C. W. Duling, of Hertford,
is camp pastor. Miss Elizabeth Hut
chins of Elizabeth City is director of
activities. Miss Martha Ellen Barr of
Elizabeth City is director of music,
Mrs. L. H. Dawson, of Hertford, is
director of handicraft. Miss Vera
White of Severn is camp nurse.
Teachers are Mrs. Gordon Maddrey,
Ahoskie, State Missionary Chairman,
Dwight Wilhelm, Raleigh, State Field
Worker, Mrs. Jennings White, Con
way, Divisional Mission study chair
man, Rev. and Mrs. G. M. Singletary,
of Corinth Church, Rev. T. N. Cop
per of Rich Square, Mrs. W. M. Step
henson, Pendleton, and Mrs. Grady
Bridgers, Jackson.
Over three hundred young people
have enrolled for the camp, accord
ing to Mrs. Ward, and the ones from
Hertford were listed as: Alice Daw
son, Alice Jean Jackson, Patricia Big
gers, Billie Divers, Julia Ann Stokes,
Jo Pat Stokes, Joan Madre, Ann
Burke Chappell, Mary Dowd Chappell,
Margaret Banks, Sue White, Becky
Cox, Dorothy Hoffler, Mabel Keel,
Warner Madre, Jr., Paul Mathews,
Shirley East, Doris Barnes, Ruth
been poned, according to Rev.
Paul LwtOns, the Associational Su-
perintendant of Sunday Schools. Fur
ther announcements will be made la
ter in regard to this meeting.
Mr. . lemons urges local Sunday
School Superintehdats to send their
reports to him ' new address,
box 47, ryner, n.. ty-
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Butler, Betty Jean Winslow and Eva
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Revival Services
At Center Hill
Rev. Paul E. Lemons, pastor .of v the
Center Hill Baptist Church will con
duct a series of revival series of re
vival services at the Center Hill
church' beginning Sunday, July 31,
and ending 'Sunday morning August
7. W. J. Daniels, of Edenton, wilt
lead, in the "congregational singing.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend all meetings. ' -
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